When Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) signed on to adapt Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-prize-winning Underground Railroad, we held back. We knew we’d need to hear what Black critics thought.
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We admit it, we’ve been falling hard for Rutherford Falls. Created by Navajo and Mexican American Sierra Teller Ornelas, it’s rare to have a show that centers the modern Indigenous experience. It also happens to be funny, witty, and full of great performances. But honestly, who cares what we think? The real experts here are Indigenous women. So in a break from our traditional, What Latinas Have to Say, we’ve rounded up Native journalists covering the show.
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It’s been weeks since Netflix dropped ‘Shadow and Bone’ and our feeds are still filled with hot takes. It premiered on the top-ten list and seems to have at least some staying power. Is ‘Shadow and Bone’ really that good? Or is it just the algorithm sweet spot of YA, fantasy, adventure, romance? Per usual, Latinas do not agree…
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To close out Women’s History Month, we hosted a conversation with next-generation Latinas, shifting our focus to women’s future! Spend an hour with us and our inspiring guests: Isabella Gomez, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Emily Tosta, and Haskiri Velazquez.
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Take this Women’s History Month, Hollywood, to learn about these seven Latinas, past and present, who deserve major motion pictures. Build upon what you’ve done in the past and listen to the Latinx creatives who are ready to tell these tales. Hire us. Pay us. Promote our work. We are the future!
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We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again — Isabel Allende is a Latina icon. So you can imagine how excited we were to hear that HBO picked up a three-part mini-series dramatizing her life.
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In we-are-not-a-monolith news, Latina critics are split on Netflix’s ‘Ginny & Georgia’ with reviews ranging from “a mess” to “really powerful.”
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This Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating Latinas, past and present with NHMC. Don’t know where to start? We’ve got you covered with seven films about real-life Latinas.
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There’s been A LOT of conversation about Malcolm & Marie. So what do Afrolatinas think? Well, the response is polarized as critics zero in on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the film.